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WEIGHTS, MEASURES, MONEY
4d. In the Straits 50-cent pieces are legal tender for the payment of any amount; so also are sovereigns.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:-English, Malay and Chinese in the Straits Settlements, and English and Chinese in Hongkong and the Treaty Ports of China are used.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
The peso, equivalent in value to fifty cents, United States Currency, is legal tender in the Philippine Islands to any amount. So also are the United States gold coins. The media or half peso is legal tender up to ten pesos. Though the coinage is on a gold basis, no gold coins are in circulation. Government silver certificates are issued for ten, five, and two pesos, and the Banco Español Filipina of Manila issues bank notes for five, ten, twenty-five, fifty, one hundred and two hundred pesos.
WEIGHTS
The official system is the Metric system, but weights of Spanish origin are still in com- mon use. The picul in the Philippines is 137.9 lbs., 16 piculs going to the ton.
1 Hiyaku-me or
1 Kwam-me or 1,000 Momme 100 Momme
1 Momme
or
10 Fun
1 Fun
or
10 Rin
1 Rin
or
10 Mo
1 Mo
or
10 Shi
1 Shi
1 Hiyak-kin
or
100 Kin
1 Kin
or 160 Momme
JAPANESE
WEIGHTS
8.2817077001 lbs. avoir., or 0.8281707700 lb. avoir., or 0.0082817077 lb. avoir., or 0.0008281708 lb. avoir., or 0.0000828171 lb. avoir., or 0.0000082817 lb. avoir., or 0.0000008282 lb. avoir., or 132.5073232011 lbs. avoir., or 1.3250732320 lbs. avoir., or
3.7565217 kilogrammes 37.565217 grammes 3.756521 grammes 0.375652 gramme 0.037565 gramme 0.003756 gramme
0.000375 gramme 60.1043472 kilogrammes 601.043472 grammes
APOTHECARIES WEIGHT-1 Riyo or 4 Momme equal 0.0402583013 lb. troy.
1 Jo make 10 Shaku
1 Shaku make 10 Sun
1 Sun make 10 Bu
1 Ri 1 Cho 1 Ken
make 36 Cho make 60 Ken make 6 Shaku
DRY MEASURE
about 4 yards 5 inches English about 1 foot 21 inches English
= about 1 inch English LAND MEASURE
=
On 1st October, 1897, Japan adopted pence sterling. The coinage is decimal.
2.4403 English miles 119.305 English yards 59.653 English feet MONEY
a gold standard, taking the yen (dollar) at 21:59
SIAMESE
MONEY
! 4 Sálings or 1 Bätor Tical:
2 Solot
or 1 Att
$0.0095
2 Atts
or 1 Pai
$0.019
2 Fais
or 1 Seek
$0 038
4 Bäts 20 Tämlü'ngs or 1 Ch'äng
or 1 T'ämlü'ng
2 Seeks
or 1 Fu'ang
$0.076
50 Ch'ängs or 1 Hap
2 Fu'ang
or 1 Sálü'ng
$0.150
100 Härs
WEIGHTS
or 1 Tära
$0.60
$2.40
$48.00
$2,400.00 $240,000.00
The standard of weight being the coin of the country, weights are designated by the same terms. A Tical weighs 236 grains troy.
The Siamese standard of weight is just double that of the Chinese, and goods are bought and sold in Bangkok more by the Chinese than the Siamese standard.
LONG MEASURE
1 Niw
12 Niws
make
1 K'ú'p
2 K'ú'ps
make
1 Säwk
+3 inch 9 inches 19 inches
4 Säwks
make
1 Wah
.78 inches
20 Wahs
400 Sëns
make make
1 Sën
= 130 feet
1 Yot
94 statute miles
Note. Timber is bought by the Yök, which is 64 Säwk in length by 1 Säwk in width or 36,864 Siamese inches, being equivalent to 169 square feet.
DRY MEASURE 11 pints
25 Tänans
make 1 Sat
15 pints 100 Tángs or 80 Sat make 1 Keean (Coyan).
A Keean is 20 Piculs; a Picul is 133 lbs. avoirdupois.
1 Tänan...
20 Tänans make 1 Táng